Which factors affect women’s progression into management roles? Answering this question is vital because female representation at this level will affect the proportion of women in senior management and leadership roles. This paper examines four organisation-level factors that help to explain the current gender imbalance in management roles.

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Jill Miller, former Senior Policy Adviser, Diversity and Inclusion, CIPD

Jill's work focused on the areas of gender, age and neurodiversity and she led work on race inclusion, managing drug and alcohol misuse at work, and supporting employees through fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and still birth. 

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